Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary. Ed. 20

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO EDITION 20 ...................................... ix CONSULTING EDITORS AND CONSULTANTS .................. xi TABER’S FEATURE FINDER ............................................. xiii FEATURES AND THEIR USE ............................................ xv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ................................................ xix Illustration Sources ..................................................... xxviii LIST OF TABLES ............................................................. xxxi ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT ..................................... xxxv VOCABULARY ................................................................. 1 APPENDICES .................................................................. 2373 Table of Contents ........................................................ 2373 Index to Appendices ..................................................... 2376 Nutrition .................................................................... 2378 Integrative Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine .................................................................... 2394 Normal Reference Laboratory Values ............................. 2431 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms ........................ 2449 Latin and Greek Nomenclature ..................................... 2454 Medical Abbreviations .................................................. 2463 Symbols ..................................................................... 2470 Units of Measurement (Including SI Units) ..................... 2471 Phobias ...................................................................... 2477 Manual Alphabet ......................................................... 2480 The Interpreter in Three Languages .............................. 2481 Medical Emergencies ................................................... 2496 Health Professions ....................................................... 2530 viii Health Care Resource Organizations .............................. 2556 Professional Designations and Titles in the Health Sciences ..................................................................... 2564 Documentation System Definitions ................................ 2567 Standard and Universal Precautions .............................. 2568 Recommended Immunization Schedules ......................... 2579 Nursing Appendix ....................................................... 2584